The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-19

see The PROGRESSIVE FARMER and it's
editor aided, encouraged and sustained
by the farmers in his honest, earnest
effort to advance and build up their
interests.
The Governor spoke earnestly and
enthusiastically, and his speech was
warmly received and applauded.
DR.. Parker, at the conclusion of the
Governors speech, referred to the ex-
position as the beginning of the new
era in our State, and that we had a
man present to whom we were as
much indebted for that exposition as
to any man in the State. He knew
we would all enjoy talk from Mr.. W.
S. Primrose on the outlook for our
Agricultural College. r.
Mr.. Primrose, after referring to the
great good which must come of the
Farmers Institute, in most encourag
ing words, very naturally and
pleasantly drifted into the
important matter of proper training
and education among our youth. If
there be any one thing that we should
study, it is the laws of nature We
must have due regard for our geo.
graphical position, both as to those
laws of nature which must show those
products best adapted to our location,
and as to those laws of trade which
control our prices.
Although not practical farmer,
there are few men who evince more
thorough knowledge of the defects of
our system, and who can make better
and more practical suggestions as to
those methods which must aid us in
our work. He spoke of the Michigan
Agricultural College and the work it
is doing in aiding the farmers; insti-
tutes Of that State. The teachers and
professors of that college 60 out among
the farmers and hold Institutes, and
not unfrequently they have as many
as 5000 farmers present He spoke
of the college also in Mississippi. Of
the "a counties of that State, 63 of
them have boys in that school. They
begin at the bottom and 60 up through
all the courses until they teach the
boys to make all their tools of wood,
iron and steel, as good as you can buy
in our hardware stores. They have
the theory taught in the school room,
and they bring it into practice in the
workshop and on the farm, so that
when the boy leaves that school, he
goes out among his fellows inspired
with high and exalted appreciation
of the dignity Of honest labor, as
nothing else can do. One Of the chief
duties Of our college, under the law,
is to encourage and build up farmers
Institutes, and he saw nothing that
could aid and stimulate the farmers of
our State more than these farmers
Institutes. =
The only possible objection that the
Institute could find to the speech was
that it was entirely too short.
DR.. Parker announced that he had
a paper from Mr. Ransom Hinton, of
Wake county, prepared at the solici-
tation Of the management, on
HOW TO PRODUCE COTTON CHEAPLY.
The paper will appear in The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, and in advance, we
commend his figures and suggestions
to the careful study of our cotton
farmers, for they contain food for
earnest thought.(el l/Na c,UoJ~E>
Z Mr.. Barry, an accredited represen-
tative of the Texaf Farmers Alliance,
was introduced. \ He presented a
sketch of that organization and came
to ask the farmers of North Carolina
to cooperate with them in establish
ing national organization of farmers.
The movement in Texas run itself +; it
moved and developed without any
pressure, until now it numbers in
Texas and Louisiana 100000 mem
bers, and we ask you to join us in
establishing an organization not to
make war on any man or legitimate
interest, but we do declare open and
unremitt1ng war on class Legislation. |
He had not the time to explain in. de-
tail the objects and purposes of the
Alliance, but he would ask the papers
of the State to publish our Constitu-
ton, and we ask that you read it
carefully and study it. He said he
was native of Onslow county, this
State, and appealed to the farmers of